Uniquely Bailey

05/08/2024

This before and after is priceless 😂🐶🐾! Poor Dillon was not happy about the shots 😭😭😭.

We love you Dillon!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

05/08/2024

Check out Dillon’s handsome smile! That is before he realized we were at his annual vet appointment ❤️😒🐾. He did so well as always and got extra treats and a nice walkie out of it tho so the smile came right back 🐶.

How are you all doing? We missed you ❤️❤️.

25/12/2023

Wishing you and your pawmily a very Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season 🎄❤️🐾. Remember to cherish the time you have with those you love and create beautiful memories together.

And for those missing loved ones and beloved pets in heaven, we send you extra love and prayers for peace and comfort. May beautiful memories carry you forward with love. You’re never alone- they’re always with you, forever in your beautiful hearts 🙏🏼❤️✨.

Hope these pawsome pictures bring a smile and some sparkles to your day 🐶🐾✨.

With lub,
Avery, Dillon, Angels Bailey & Cane (and mommy too!)

09/12/2023

This is such a sweet video of Avery & mommy’s “pep talk” the night before her surgery 🥹. Avery’s always been an intense gazer, listening intently to every word mommy speaks ❤️🐶🐾. She’s such sweet, sweet girl!

08/12/2023

Storytime from mommy’s perspective:
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On our ride back from our goodbyes with Bailey, the sudden nature of it all left us feeling stunned… and it felt as if Bailey’s energy was in the car with us, unsure of what may have transpired. Few days later, Dillon started limping… the same exact leg and the same exact way Bailey used to towards the end of his life. Dillon was otherwise behaving normally, and it really perplexed us. Deep down our hearts knew, but we still wanted to rule out any medical issues so we scheduled an appointment for the following week to get him examined.

On the day of the appointment, the doctor called us really confused. She said Dillon’s been strutting around the office, smiling and walking normally enjoying the attention 😒! I explained what’s been going on, and so we decided to do an X-ray and one other test just to make sure there wasn’t any injuries that might be masked by his excitement and adrenaline. And guess what? His leg was perfectly healthy and normal!

I asked the doctor… don’t you think it’s really odd that it’s the same leg and limp as Bailey, and he’s only doing that at home? We exchanged an unspoken acknowledgment of the situation and I broke down crying…

As soon as his little paws landed at home, the limping started again, as captured on the video and my text to the doctor’s office as proof 🫢.

In my heart I just knew this was Bailey’s way, through Dillon, letting us know he was still around. The fact that we didn’t get to prepare our hearts to say goodbye before we suddenly had to… 14 amazing years of love and the strong bond we shared… he wasn’t ready to go yet.

That night I hugged Dillon and spoke to Bailey. Acknowledging the possibility of him listening, explaining why we had to suddenly say goodbye so he could understand what happened and why. And that it was ok for him to stay as long as he wanted to until he was ready. That Angel Cane and Grandpa would be there to greet him.

For three more days the limping continued, and so did our conversations and reassurances. Until the following morning, as if it never was, the limping stopped and that familiar presence of Bailey’s energy, felt lifted up into the heavens 🙏🏼❤️🐾.

Death isn’t the end, because we are more than our physical bodies. Our way of navigating our existence simply transforms. All of our loved ones truly do watch over us. I hesitated sharing this story but felt guided to share anyway.

My hope is that this story brings some level of comfort to those missing loved ones and pets in heaven this holiday season... whether you can sense them or not, trust that they’re always sending love your way, especially when you need it the most ❤️‍🩹✨.

With love and so much gratitude,
Anna ❤️❤️

06/12/2023

Anna here ❤️. As I snapped this photo of Avery, she let out a sigh followed by a loud grunt that sounded exactly like Bailey 🥲. She’s never made that noise before and without realizing I blurted out “Bailey?!” She immediately jumped up and ran towards me for a huge Bailey Bear hug 😭🐾. It’s been one of those days and experiences like this reminds me that our Angel 🐶s always finds a way to let us know they’re with us ❤️‍🩹.

Have you had similar experiences? We have a storytime re: Dillon & Bailey right after his passing that we didn’t get to share. Will share that tomorrow.

We hope you’re having a great week, and we look forward to sharing more of our lives and stories with you 🐶🐾✨.

28/11/2023

🎶There’s no shame in the cone game 🎶

Today is stitch removal day! Miss Avery will be free from this torture device- whewwww 🥳🥳🥳

Hope you have a pawsome week and we’re sending you so much love! ❤️🐾✨

23/11/2023

Happy Thanksgiving to all our furiends! We have so much to be thankful for this year… and we’re so thankful to have you all in our lives ❤️🙏🏼🐾. Thank you for being a part of our pawmily and sharing your beautiful hearts with us!

We truly appreciate your thoughts, prayers, and love as both Avery and Dillon navigated their health challenges this year. We couldn’t have done it without you, and there’s truly so much power in prayers and love 🙏🏼❤️🐾.

We hope you have an amazing day filled with joy, laughter, and good food with your loved ones.

And to anyone spending this day alone, or missing loved ones and pets in heaven, please know you’re not alone.

Our hearts are with you, and we’re sending extra love, support, and prayers for peace and comfort your way ❤️.

With lub and gratitude,
Avery, Dillon, Angel Bailey & Cane 🙏🏼🐾✨

20/11/2023

We have the most ah-mazing news everrrrr! Avery’s surgery was a success with CLEAN MARGINS!!! 🥳🥳🥳We are so beyond relieved and so thankful to you for your prayers, love, encouragement, and kind words throughout this ordeal.

For the past ~9 years, we’ve become so accustomed to our worst fears always coming into fruition. The human mind is so complex in how we process each loss and traumatic events, and over time, default to expect what’s familiar.

This year has taught us that just because bad things have happened in our past doesn’t mean it will always be that way.

Every challenge bears some kind of wisdom and gifts, and over time, our hearts will learn that it’s ok to have hope again. That it’s safe to keep our faiths strong and know our prayers are being heard.

So if you or someone you love (including your pets) are going through a challenging season in your life, please know you’re not alone. Seasons eventually change, and all the seeds of your tears and prayers will sprout in magnificent ways.

I know many of your pets are experiencing health challenges as well. Please know our hearts are with you and we will continue to pray for their full recovery as well.

Please keep us posted if you can, and we send you so much love and gratitude for being a part of our little pawmily ❤️🙏🏼🐾.

With lub & gratitude,
Avery, Dillon, Angel Bailey & Cane 🥳🐾

14/11/2023

Hi furiends,
Miss Avery is recovering well 🙏🏼❤️🐾. She’s eating, walking around a bit, and her special spark in her eyes is back again 🥹.

As promised, here are some details around her symptoms leading up to her Mast Cell Tumor diagnosis:

1: General lethargy and not acting like herself
2: Lack of appetite
3: Not wanting to go outside or potty, especially in the evenings
4: A red, swollen bump on her left hind leg (picture)

The bump was the last symptom to show up literally overnight. We thought it was a bug bite at first but decided to call our vet the next day and her biopsy was done shortly after.

She’s also on medication to lower her elevated liver enzyme levels and will get tested again in about a month.

Otherwise, we’re anxiously waiting for her results and praying we caught it early 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼.

Her initial symptoms were initially dismissed bc she’s scared of mosquitos and it can get pretty bad in late fall down here. In hindsight, we should’ve taken her in for bloodwork just to be on the safe side. Hindsight is always 20/20 and wanted to share our learnings with you.

Thank you once again, and we’ll keep you posted on any updates as we get them 🙏🏼❤️🐾.

Lub,
Avery, Dillon, Angel Bailey & Cane

14/11/2023

Just picked Avery up and brought her home 😭🥺🙏🏼. She’s still pretty out of it and is sleeping soundly with nurse Dillon anxiously looking after her 🥹🐾✨. Overall the surgery went well and the results for staging and margins will be available in a few days.

Thank you once again for your prayers, kind words, and encouragement. We’ll post details around her symptoms and what to look out for tomorrow.

With so much love and gratitude,
Avery, Dillon, Angel Bailey & Cane ❤️❤️

13/11/2023

Avery was dropped off this morning for her surgery and just wanted to share this short video of her thanking you for your love, prayers, and encouragement 🙏🏼❤️✨.

Will keep you posted, please stay tuned 🐾🥹.

12/11/2023

We wanted to THANK YOU for your kind words, prayers, and well wishes. I know we don’t post as much as we should, but please know we are so incredibly grateful for your love and for this incredible community.

Your stories and experiences are so important and we value and honor them as our own. Please continue to share your furbabies with us and we hope to lift you up if you’re going through challenging times as well. Life is full of ups and downs, but a community full of kind, compassionate hearts can get all of us through it all- together.

We’re sending extra love, healing prayers, and lots of positive energy to you, your loved ones, and of course your sweet furbabies ❤️❤️❤️.

We’ll likely post a lot more to update you and to share what we are learning through this experience. We hope to hopefully bring even more awareness to those that may not be familiar with what Mast Cell tumors are and its associated symptoms.

Knowledge is power, and early detection saves lives.

With love & puppy kisses,
Avery, Dillon, Angel Bailey & Cane 😇🐾

11/11/2023

Hi furiends, hope you have been doing well… just wanted to let you know Miss Avery was just diagnosed with Mast Cell Tumor and her surgery is scheduled for Monday 💔… to say we are devastated by this news is an understatement.

We humbly ask for your prayers once again 🙏🏼. Will circle back with details around how it was discovered and what to look for in your pets. Early discovery is key with mast cell tumors so please get all lumps and bumps checked out. We’re praying that is the case for her as well. Please stay tuned for details.

30/08/2023

Hi Bailey, it's mommy. I woke up today with that familiar ache in my heart realizing it's been two years since you've been gone. I went about my morning as usual, all the while sorting through the millions of thoughts about what I wanted to say to you today.

When I look back on how drastically my life has changed since you've been gone, it feels a lot longer than just two years. While simultaneously feeling like it was just yesterday when I got to meet you for the first time on that fateful weekend 16 years ago.

I don't think I ever shared on here how you became the first "big dog", a pibble, and a rescue doggo in my life. How you've literally changed my life in more ways than one. I was only 26 when you came into my life, and 41 when you left. You were the constant through so many life events- through so many amazing celebrations, achievements, grief, and loss. Navigating new beginnings without you feels weird.

I know I haven't followed through on my promises to share so many fated moments, funny memories, and lessons you've taught me. It may be a 'better late than never' situation, but they will get told. You were always the wise one, and your stories deserve to be heard.

I miss you so much Bailey. Thank you for continuing to watch over us, and visiting as often as you have. All of the tears I've shed over the past two years are slowly but surely transforming into smiles of gratitude. I'll always work on becoming a better version of myself than yesterday, keeping love and hope alive in my heart for what today will bring. For the potential I still have despite feeling like a failure at times, nurturing the small glow of light within me to keep going. For the future I know we all deserve and are worthy of.

I love you with all my heart Bailey, please continue to live your best heavenly lives with Cane and grandpa.

Until next time... please know my love for you, Cane, and grandpa is eternal, and I'll carry that love in my heart until the day we meet again.

Love,
Mommy

19/06/2023

O-M-D!!! Talk about a rollercoaster ride~! Results are in and it turned out to be an infection of his salivary glands! The Dr said the antibiotics should do the trick and we’ll follow up in a few weeks. Thank you so much for your prayers and all the love you’ve shown us- there’s definitely so much power in love and prayers when we come together as a community. We’re so thankful to have you in our lives.

Please be sure to check your furbabies often for any lumps and masses. Dillon’s always had thick, loose skin on his neck so it wasn’t obvious until it got much larger. I actually had a dream the night before all this unfolded which prompted me to scan his body. While I was spiraling emotionally as it reminded me so much of Cane's Bucket List , I held on to hope because the dream indicated there was still a window of opportunity if I acted promptly.

Dreams have always been a big part of my life and my pets. And although I rarely share them, I wanted to this time because many people dismiss them when it can really make a difference in our lives. Let me know if you’d like me to share more stories or are curious about this particular dream and how it was interpreted!

For now, we are celebrating by the beach and will share more pics soon! 🥳🙌🏼🐾. Sending you so much love!!

16/06/2023

Just posted a video from Dillon’s follow-up appt earlier this week. He did so well! The X-rays showed a large mass that was pushing his esophagus to one side and upwards, similar to how it was with Cane…

BUT, the Dr. said there was a lot of thick brown discharge and blood coming out of the needle aspirate which can be indicative of a bacterial infection but he’s not ruling anything out at this point.

He’s on antibiotics and the great news is the mass has gotten much smaller as of this morning! We’re taking this as a sign to take a little breather for now until the results come back sometime next week. He’s continuing to eat, play, and demanding lots of attention 🐶❤️🐾.

Thank you so much for your continued love and prayers! We’ll keep you posted as soon as we hear back.

08/06/2023

Here are some of the pictures from Dillon’s Pawty! Video will be posted tomorrow ❤️. The vet is concerned about his lump… he gets biopsy and x-rays next week. We’re trying not to let worry and fear get the best of us until we know exactly what it is and where things stand. We’re going to do what Cane Cane's Bucket List taught us- to spend every day cherishing each other and do things that gives us joy. What a beautiful reminder in the midst of so much going on around us and in our lives. We’re sending you so much love, and thank you so much for your support and well wishes. We’ll keep you posted 🙏🏼❤️🐾

06/06/2023

Sneak peek from Dillon’s 10th Birthday / 7th Adoptiversary Pawty! Had a blast celebrating as you can tell from his BIG smile! There’s so many cute videos and pictures from his celebration, can’t wait to share more soon ❤️🐾.

Thank you so much for your birthday wishes and prayers regarding his health. Will keep you posted once we are back from our appointment. He’s still in good spirits and continues to enjoy his food, snacks, and walks. Keeping our paws crossed and continued prayers are greatly appreciated 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼.

02/06/2023

Dillon is feeling bashful about his upcoming 10th Birthday pawty! Well, his 7th Adoptiversary and 10th Birthday. We do want to ask for your prayers and well wishes… we found a lump on his throat and will be getting it checked out next week. It’s giving us a flashback to Cane’s situation so we’re a bit scared and could use some love and positive energy for such a sweet and brave boy. Will keep you posted, and please stay tuned for his very well deserved celebration 🙏🏼❤️🐾. Thank you for your continued love and support, it means the world to us 🫶🏻.

14/05/2023

Happy Mother’s Day! A special shout-out to all the pet moms out there- as Angel Cane would say, we LUB YOU! 🐾❤️

Also, we recognize this can be a tough day for many people… please know we are also thinking of you and are sending you extra love and puppy kisses 🙏🏼❤️.

Please remember to check in on those you love and care about, especially if you know they’re missing someone in Heaven.

And for those lucky enough to celebrate the mothers in your life, ENJOY and have a wonderful day creating beautiful memories together 🫶🏻✨.

25/02/2023

Our hearts are so broken 💔. Rest in Paradise and fly high with the Angels Darren… what a legendary and inspirational life he led. Sending so much love to his beautiful pawmily and extra love and kisses to his brother Phillip 🥺. Angel Cane and I will come look for you Darren and show you all of our favorite hangouts and treats. See you soon brother.

Please go show them some love ❤️‍🩹.

Our hearts are broken. Life will never be the same without you. 🤍

01/01/2023

Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebrations (or a relaxing one). This is one of our all-time NYE celebration pawty so thought we’d share again 🥳.

May 2023 bring you infinite blessings, joy, and good health. THANK YOU for your continued love and support!

03/12/2022

We can’t believe it’s December already! Hope you have a beautiful weekend, and we’re sending lots of love your way ❤️🐶🐾.

18/11/2022

She sounds pretty sweet too 🐷❤️🐶. Goodnight world, sweet dreams 😴.

18/11/2022

The sweetest view ❤️

04/11/2022

I love you sooooo much 🐶❤️🐾

02/11/2022

“I’m sowee about earlier, I love you so much ❤️.”
-Avery 🐶

30/10/2022

I’m not judging you for how many candies 🍭 you’ve had this weekend 👀.

13/10/2022

Avery was smiling until we told her it was only Thursday 🐶. Happy Friday Eve! 🙃